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2. Flip-flop hub - Wikipedia

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   Usually, one side has a fixed type stepped threading, and the other side is threaded for a standard freewheel. Occasionally you may find double-sided fixed hubs with stepped threading on both sides, but these are rare and only a few companies offer them. The fixed side has a stepped-down diameter thread to accept a lockring. The larger diameter ...

3. Motorcycle accessories - Wikipedia

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   In any case, the special sidecar tyres are poorly-suited to solo riding. The cornering of "an outfit" is partly controlled by the throttle and this makes for interesting effects: A sidecar wheel brake — usually a pedal side-by-side with the motorcycle rear brake — helps considerably.

4. Trunk (luggage) - Wikipedia

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   Oak-slat trunks incorporating many construction-styles (e.g. dome-top, flat-top, beveled-top) were built on a wooden frame, where the malletier would fit thin oak slats vertically side-by-side until the entire trunk was covered. To a Victorian, this would show the complexity of the trunk and astuteness of the malletier, and was an indication of ...

5. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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   Side view mirror: aids in looking at the sides prior to moving slowly or turning to the left or to the right Skirt guard or coatguard : a device fitted over the rear wheel of a bicycle to prevent a long skirt, coat or other trailing clothes or luggage from catching in the wheel, or in the gap between the rim and the brakes

6. Bicycle drivetrain systems - Wikipedia

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   Major changes in bicycle form have often been initiated or accompanied by advances in drivetrain systems. Several early drivetrains used straight-cut gears that meshed directly with each other outside of the hub. [1] [2] Some bicycles have used a double-sided rear wheel, with different-sized sprockets on each side. To change gears, the rider ...

7. Tandem bicycle - Wikipedia

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   A bike with two riders side by side is called a sociable. Tandem bicycles are sometimes called "Daisy Bells". [citation needed] This is in reference to "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" which is a popular song, written in 1892 by British songwriter Harry Dacre, with the well-known chorus, "Daisy, Daisy / Give me your answer, do. / I'm half ...

8. Backpack - Wikipedia

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   A 30 L top and bottom-loading Deuter Trans Alpine hiking backpack A 12 L front-loading Canon 200EG photography backpack. A backpack—also called knapsack, schoolbag, rucksack, pack, booksack, bookbag, haversack, packsack, or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders; but it can have an external or ...

9. Sociable - Wikipedia

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   The sociable or buddy bike [1] or side by side bicycle is a bicycle that supports two riders who sit next to one another, in contrast to a tandem bicycle, where the riders sit fore and aft. The name "sociable" alludes to the relative ease with which the two cyclists can speak with each other, unlike on the tandem.